THE ROYAL AERO CLUB COLLECTION at the ROYAL AIR FORCE MUSEUM, HENDON AC75/21 ...

124 Pages·2010·0.89 MB·English

by  Lucy Smeaton

THE ROYAL AERO CLUB COLLECTION
at the ROYAL AIR FORCE MUSEUM, HENDON
AC75/21 Files 1 – 865
AC75/26 Files 866 - 907
Un-numbered printing plates in box containing items 1-6
No. Category Description Supplementary Description
1 Photograph Album Views of Egypt Palestine 1 Photograph Album: various scenes, Middle East WWI
Mesopotamia (1915)
2 Photograph Album Programme, attendance list & 2 Presentation Album: Unveiling of Alcock & Brown Memorial
photographs of unveiling of Alcock & Clifden, Galway
Brown memorial, Clifden, Connemara 15-Jun-59
3 Missing 3 Quantity of printers‟ blocks showing post-WWII civil aircraft.
4& Photograph Unidentified group in car, Regent 4 Daily Mirror photograph of Alcock & Brown.
4a Street, London
5 Envelope Photographs of Henry Petre (1928 & 5 Envelope of photographs and cartoons of Henry Petre.
1960)
6 Photograph 601 Squadron Trophy (DH9A, 1925 ‑ 6 Photograph of the 601 Squadron DH9A model.
1930)
7‑1 Photographs Unsorted 07-Dec
2 Events & personalities at Hendon
1910 ‑ 1914.
Aerial Derby 1912
Night flying 1913?
London to Manchester air race 20
June1914
London to Paris and back air race
1913
Funeral of Lt Gates at Hendon
McCurdy‟s Silver Dart 1907 ‑ 1909
13 Photographs Trophies, memorials, presentations 13 Quantity of photographs: trophies, cups and awards.
14 Photographs Airwork 1948 14 Quantity of photographs of military and civilian aircraft post WWII
Civil aircraft 1948 ‑ 1962
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14 Photographs 14 Quantity of photographs of military and civilian aircraft post WWII
No. Category Description Supplementary Description
Altitude record Canberra 1953 & 1959
15 Photographs Box empty 15 Photograph Album: C S Rolls Aeronautics
Volume 3 Ballooning to final crash.
16 Photograph Album 16 Album “From My Camera” light civilian aircraft during 1920s.
17 Photograph Album Owned by LV Pearkes; photographs 17 Photograph Album: Hinkler memorial dedication with RAeC and Italian Aero
of memorial to Squadron Leader Club representatives present.
Inkler in the Tuscan Mountains
18 Photograph Album Captain Dolphin RFC 18 Album “The Bristol Monoplane and Vickers Bullet” Middle East WWI.
Egypt/Palestine/Arabia 1917 ‑ 1918
19 Photograph Album Coronation Naval Review, Spithead 19 Presentation Album “Coronation Naval Review at Spithead” to Claude
1937 Grahame-White. 1837 May 20.
20 Photographs Instrument panel and controls of C‑47 20 Quantity of photographs: Douglas C-74 interior details.
(1944?)
21 Photographs Various, including Victa Airtourer, 21 Quantity of photographs of Civilian and Military aircraft including North
Skyblazers American F86 McDonnell Phantom FGR1, HS 748.
C‑Falke, HS748, Phantoms, Vulcans
etc.
22 Photographs Various civil aeroplanes 1928 ‑ 1938 22 Quantity of photographs: civilian aircraft inter-war period.
23 Photographs Vintage motorcars 23 Quantity of photographs: early motoring pre-WWI.
24 Photographs WT at Hendon, various personalities 24 Quantity of photographs: various personalities.
1947, 1958 etc.
25‑ Photographs Similar to items 7 ‑ 12 25 Quantity of photographs: military and civilian aircraft and equipment.
27 26
27
28‑ Photographs 28
32 29 Quantity of photographs: inter-war period – aircraft and personalities at
Heston and Schneider Trophy races.
30 Quantity of photographs: pre-WWI aircraft and personalities at Hendon
“Presented by Bish”.
31 Letter to Grahame-White from H C Perry of Rotary Club of Bedford asking him
to give a talk. A photograph is enclosed 1957, November 4.
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28‑ Photographs
32
No. Category Description Supplementary Description
32 Two photographs:
1. Avro Tudor of Airwork
2. Mercury test capsule after impact with sea.
33‑ Photographs 33 Envelope containing photographs of B A Swallow.
38 34 Quantity of photographs showing personalities.
35 Two photographs of passengers standing next to Avro 504 of Western
Aviation Ltd.
36 Envelope of X-Ray photograph showing leg fracture on Willie Dunville?
37 Album: “Photographs taken at the Jane‟s All the World‟s Aircraft Cocktail
Party” 1956 December 12.
38 Album: Photographs of personalities of pre-WWI and post-WWI period loosely
inserted between leaves.
39 Postcards Postcard collection of R L Preston 39
40‑ Photographs 40 Envelope containing photographs showing:
62 “Great Lakes”
“Grumman”
“Guerchaus-Roche”
“Gardan”
41 Envelope containing photographs showing:
“Auster”
42 Envelope containing photographs showing:
“Airspeed”
43 Envelope containing photographs showing:
“Alon”
44 Envelope containing photographs showing:
“Antonov”
45 Envelope containing photographs showing:
“Arrow Active”
46 Envelope containing photographs showing:
Avro Anson”
47 Envelope containing photographs showing:
“Glosair”
48 Envelope containing photographs showing:
“Hangars”
49 Envelope containing photographs showing:
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40‑ Photographs
62
No. Category Description Supplementary Description
“Helicopters”
50 Envelope containing photographs showing:
“Cover Pix”
51 Envelope containing photographs showing:
“Dalotel”
52 Envelope containing photographs showing:
“Figures with a/c”
53 Envelope containing photographs showing:
“Formations”
54 Envelope containing photographs showing:
“Fourmier”
55 Envelope containing photographs showing:
“Fuelling”
56 Envelope containing photographs showing:
“Gliders, GliderTowing”
57 Envelope containing photographs showing:
“Close ups Detail”
58 Envelope containing photographs showing:
“D H Chipmunk”
59 Envelope containing photographs showing:
“D H Cirrus Moth”
60 Envelope containing photographs showing:
“D H Dove”
61 Envelope containing photographs showing:
“D H Fox Moth”
62 Envelope containing photographs showing:
“D H Hornet Moth”
63‑ Photographs 63 Envelope containing photographs showing:
83 “Fairchild”
“Foster-Wickner”
64 Envelope containing photographs showing:
“Druine”
65 Envelope containing photographs showing:
“BA-4”
66 Envelope containing photographs showing:
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63‑ Photographs
83
No. Category Description Supplementary Description
“Dornier”
67 Envelope containing photographs showing:
“Aero”
68 Envelope containing photographs showing:
“D H Puss Moth”
69 Envelope containing photographs showing:
“Le Vier”
70 Envelope containing photographs showing:
“Midget Mustang”
“Moynet”
“Mitsubishi MU-2”
“Maule”
“Mararout”
“Motor Tutor”
71 Envelope containing photographs showing:
“Miles”
72 Envelope containing photographs showing:
“Cassutt”
73 Envelope containing photographs showing:
“Cessna”
74 Envelope containing photographs showing:
“Chilton”
75 Envelope containing photographs showing:
“Currie”
76 Envelope containing photographs showing:
“Cyan”
“Cuijet”
“Champion”
77 Envelope containing photographs showing:
“Cloud Scenes”
78 Envelope containing photographs showing:
“Commercial Aircraft”
79 Envelope containing photographs showing:
“Cockpits”
80 Envelope containing photographs showing:
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63‑ Photographs
83
No. Category Description Supplementary Description
“Aero Commander”
81 Envelope containing photographs showing:
“Aeronca”
82 Envelope containing photographs showing:
“Airfields”
83 Envelope containing photographs showing:
“Avro Lancaster”
84‑ Photographs 84 Envelope containing photographs showing:
101 “Nipper”
85 Envelope containing photographs showing:
“Morane”
86 Envelope containing photographs showing:
“Mooney”
87 Envelope containing photographs showing:
“Nord”
88 Envelope containing photographs showing:
“North American”
89 Envelope containing photographs showing:
“O + S”
90 Envelope containing photographs showing:
“Omnipol”
91 Envelope containing photographs showing:
“Parachuting”
92 Envelope containing photographs showing:
“Pilatus”
“Pfalz”
“PO”
“PZL”
93 Envelope containing photographs showing:
“Percival”
94 Envelope containing photographs showing:
“Beagle”
95 Envelope containing photographs showing:
“Bolkow”
96 Envelope containing photographs showing:
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84‑ Photographs
101
No. Category Description Supplementary Description
“Boisavia”
“Bellanca”
97 Envelope containing photographs showing:
“Bucker”
98 Envelope containing photographs showing:
“Campbell”
99 Envelope containing photographs showing:
“Rapide + 86”
100 Envelope containing photographs showing:
“Displays – 1”
101 Envelope containing photographs showing:
“Displays – 2”
102 Photographs 102
‑10 103 Collection of photographs mounted on loose leaf album sheets showing
4 aircraft and personalities from the inter war period.
104 Collection of photographs mounted on loose leaf album sheets showing
aircraft and personalities from the post 1945 period.
105 Photographs 105 Envelope containing photographs showing:
‑12 “Stampe”
1 106 Envelope containing photographs showing:
“Helio”
“Hunting”
107 Envelope containing photographs showing:
“Isaacs”
108 Envelope containing photographs showing:
“Kriercraft”
“Kay”
“Klemm”
109 Envelope containing photographs showing:
“Luton Minor”
“Lake”
110 Envelope containing photographs showing:
“Funnies”
111 Envelope containing photographs showing:
“Piper”
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105 Photographs
‑12
1
No. Category Description Supplementary Description
112 Envelope containing photographs showing:
“Race Scenes”
113 Envelope containing photographs showing:
“Rollason Turb – Balloon Bursting”
114 Envelope containing photographs showing:
“Rollason Turbulent”
115 Envelope containing photographs showing:
“Rollason Condor”
116 Envelope containing photographs showing:
“Rollason Beta”
117 Envelope containing photographs showing:
“San”
118 Envelope containing photographs showing:
“Scottish Aviation”
“Scintex”
“Scholl”
“Sipa”
“Siai”
“Short”
119 Envelope containing photographs showing:
“Shadows”
120 Envelope containing photographs showing:
“Shuttleworth”
121 Envelope containing photographs showing:
“Beech”
122 Photographs 122 Collection of photographs showing personalities
‑12 123 Collection of photographs of trophies, cups etc
8 124 Collection of photographs mounted on loose leaf album sheets showing
aircraft and personalities from the pre-1914 period.
125 Collection of photographs mounted on loose leaf album sheets showing
aircraft and personalities of the inter-war period.
126 Three photographs of an unidentified Dinner.
127 Three photographs of buildings and one of a display corner.
128 Three photographs of aircraft.
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No. Category Description Supplementary Description
129 Photographs 129 Sud-Aviation/ British Aircraft Corporation Concorde first press release
‑13 information folder.
2 130 Envelope containing photographs showing personalities and aircraft.
131 A photograph album:
“A Personal Camera Reward – The World War 1917 - 1918”
(Badly damaged by the removal of most of aeronautical prints)
132 A photograph album of Fairey Tipsy Nipper
133 Photographs 133 Envelope containing photographs showing:
‑15 “Veteran & Vintage”
1 134 Envelope containing photographs showing:
“Vickers Gunbus”
135 Envelope containing photographs showing:
“Wallis”
“Wassmer”
136 Envelope containing photographs showing:
“Yak”
137 Envelope containing photographs showing:
“Zlin”
138 Envelope containing photographs showing:
“Piel”
“Potez”
“Piaggio”
139 Envelope containing photographs showing:
“Airfield Scenes”
140 Envelope containing photographs showing:
“Active”
141 Envelope containing photographs showing:
“Aerobatic Teams”
142 Envelope containing photographs showing:
“Battle of Britain”
143 Envelope containing photographs showing:
“Condor”
144 Envelope containing photographs showing:
“Chipmunk”
145 Envelope containing photographs showing:
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133 Photographs
‑15
1
No. Category Description Supplementary Description
“Briefing”
146 Envelope containing photographs showing:
“Clouds”
147 Envelope containing photographs showing:
“Balloons”
148 Envelope containing photographs showing:
“BA-4”
149 Envelope containing photographs showing:
“Storey Wonderplane”
150 Envelope containing photographs showing:
“Taylor”
“Tipsy”
“Thruxton”
151 Envelope containing photographs showing:
“Vajic”
152 Photographs 152 Collection of loose photographs showing: buildings, trains, views.
‑15 153 Collection of loose photographs showing: personalities
4 154 Collection of loose photographs showing: light civil single and twin-engined
aircraft, post war.
155 Photograph Album 155
‑15 156 “Photographs of Deceased Members (of Royal Aero Club) of Outstanding
6 Merit in Civil Aviation”.
157- Photograph 157 Photograph Album
158 Albums “Alexandria – Khartoum” 1914
Detailing Short Nile Seaplane flight.
158 Photograph Album
Coverage of Automobile Club 1,000 mile trial.
159 Printers plates 159 Quantity of printers blocks showing aircraft and equipment
160 Photographs 160 Collection of loose photographs showing: Schneider Cup Races.
‑16 161 Collection of loose photographs showing: Schneider Cup Races.
3 162 Folder containing:
“Photographs of UK Rally 1951”
163 Collection of “stills” from “Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines”.
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